Tag: energy

Hawaii volcano produces tall lava fountaining in latest episode of Kilauea eruption

VOLCANOES05/02/2025

A fountain of lava was spewing from a Hawaii volcano Tuesday in the latest episode of an eruption that has paused and resumed. Fountains from a vent of the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island grew to more...

Fossils show leaf-eating insects tracked gum trees for millions of years

PALEONTOLOGY04/02/2025

How far would leaf-eating insects go to dine on their favorite food? Perhaps the other side of the world, according to researchers at Penn State who found insect damage on fossil leaves from South America that...

Mining atlas helps map Australia’s clean energy future

EARTH02/06/2023

The Atlas of Australian Mine Waste was launched this week by Geoscience Australia in partnership with RMIT and University of Queensland researchers and geological...

Scientists find first evidence that black holes are the source of dark energy

ASTRONOMY16/02/2023

Observations of supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies point to a likely source of dark energy—the 'missing' 70% of the universe. The measurements...

Can critical metals for renewable energy products be found in existing mines?

MINERALS11/10/2022

Ramping up renewable energy products will require a range of critical metals. One of these elements, tellurium, is gaining in popularity for use in...